Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-29

from the top of your hat to the tips Of your
boots; nobody would suspect you. Don't
make objectonsl Can you fix The valetl Or
can't your
81 can try" said Moody. Sand what
thenW
Old Sharon put his gross lips disagreeably
close TO Moody's ear
"Your friend the valet can tell you who
his masters bankers are he said; and he
can supply you with a specimen of his mas
ter's handwriingn
Moody drew lack rs suddenly as if his
vagabond companion had put knife at his
throat. "You Old villain" he said; ARE YOU
tempting me TO forgaryp
You Internal fool' retorted Old Sharon.
"W'H you hold that long tongue OF yours,
and hear what ! have to sayl You so to
Hardyman's bankers, with notein Hardy
mans handwriting exactly initiated by mel
to this effect: Mr.. H. presents his compli-
ments to Messrs So-and.So, and is not quite
certain whether payment of five hundred
pounds has been made within the last week
to his account. He will he much obliged if
Messrs So-and-So will inform him by line
in reply whether there is such an entry to his
meut has heen made You wait for the
bankers answer and bring it to me It's
just possible that the name you're afraid TO
whisper may appear in the letter. If il does,
we've caught our man. Is that forgery, Mr.
Muddlehead Moody9 I'll tell you what-if /
had lived to be your age, and knew no more
of the world than you do, I'd go and hang
myself. Steady here's our charming friend
with the milk. Remember your instructions,
and don't lose heart if my notion of the pay
ment to the bankers comes to nothing. l
know what to do next, in that case--and,
what's more I'll AXE ali the risk and trouble
on my own shoulders. Oh. Lord I'm afraid
| shall be obliged to drink the milk, now it's
come"
With this apprehension in his mind, he adj
vanced to relieve Isabel of the jug she car
ried
Here's treatw he burst out, with an af-
fectation of joy which was completely belied
by the expression of his dirty face. Here's
a kind and dear young lady, to help an old
man to a drink with her own pretty hands"
He paused, and looked at the milk very much
as he might have looked at a dose of physic.
''Will any one take drink firstp he asked
offering the jug piteously to Isabel and
F Moody. "You see, I'm not used to genuinE
milk; I'm used to chalk and water. | don't
know what effect the unadulterated COW
might have on my poor old inside" He
tasted the milk with the greatest caution.
Upon my soul, this is too rich for mel The
unauthorized COW is a deal too strong to be
drunk alone. If you'll allow me, I'll qualify
it with drop of gin Here PIGGY Puggyl'
He set the milk down before the doc, and
taking flask out of his pocket, emptied it at
a draught That's something likew he said,
smaclting his lips with an air of infinite re-
t .ief $50 sorry miss, to have given you all
G your trouble for nothing; it's my ignorance
: that's TO blame, not me. l couldn't know
= was unworthy of genuine milk till | tried
: could IL And do you know!" he proceeded,
! with his eye directed slyly on the way back to
the station. 81 begin to think Pm not worthy
- Of the fresh air, either. A kind of a longing
n seems to come over me for the london stink.
: I'm homesick already for the SCOT of my
a happy childhood and my own dear native
' mud. The air here is too thin for me, and
the sky too clear; and-oh, Lord!-when
+ you're used to the roar of the traffic-the
" buses and the cabs and what not-the
n silence in these parts is downright awful I'll
wish you good evening, miss, and get back to
London
Isabel turned to Moody with disappoint-
q ment plainly expressed in her face and man
% ner
e SIS that all he has to sayg' she asked
l. You told me he could help us, You led me
o to suppose he could find the guilty person"
Sharon heard her 81 could name the
guilty person, he answered, ''as easily, miss
!. as could name you"
why don't you do it, thenp Isabel in
u quired, not very patiently.
!, Because the times not ripe for it yet
ID mss-that's one reason. Because if l men
lie toned the thief's name, as things are now
m you Miss Isabel, would think me mad; anC
you would tell Mr.. Moody had cheated hin
out of his money-thats another reason
1T The matters in train, if you will only wait
little longer"
$50 you say" Isabel rejoined. IF 20,
IN really could name the thief, l believe yol
I'd would do it now"
or She turned away with q frown on he
o. pretty face Old Sharon followed her
x Even his coarse sensibilities appeared to fee
II, the irresistible ascendency of beauty AM
~ youth.
e 81 sayl" he began, 1--WE must part friends
" you know, or | shall break my heart over it
ee They have got milk at the farm house. D.
81 you think they have got pen, ink and paper
er tool"
en- Isabel answered, without turning to loo
t' at him, ''Of course they have"
O. "And a bit of sealing-waxa'
~ 81 dare say"
ks Old Sharon laid his dirty claws on he
m shoulder, and forced her to face him as tn
he best means of shaking them off.
We "Come along!" he said II am going t
ed pacify you with some information in writ
Ill lug"
- "Why should you write it," Isabel asked
re, suspiciousy.
- Because l mean to make my own condi
nd tions, my dear, before l let you into tn
- secret
III In ten minutes more they were all three il
IN the farm house parlor. Nobody but tn
as farmers wife was at home The good VIC
in man trembled from head to foot at the sigh
N, of Old Sharon In all her harmless life sh
ed had never yet seen humanity under the as
=, pect in which it was now presented to her
- 'Mercy preserve us, missr' she whispered t.
70 Isabel, show come you to be in such com
OK oany as MdtT' Instructed by Isabel, sh
It'll produced the necessary materials for writin,
and sealing, and, that done, she shrank ava,
a to the door. please to excuse me- miss
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